Patents by Inventor Kenneth Irving Beaty

Kenneth Irving Beaty has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Airbag assembly
    Patent number: 8052167
    Abstract: An airbag module includes a retainer, diffuser, inflatable airbag, and an inflator to inflate the airbag. The diffuser is configured to disperse inflation gas from the inflator into the inflatable airbag. The retainer and/or diffuser comprise a glass-filled polymer material. The retainer includes a projection extending from a base wall. The projection couples to a hole in the diffuser flange and prevents the diffuser from rotating relative to the retainer. The inflator is coupled to the retainer by trapping an inflator flange under an overhang in a retainer cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2011
    Assignee: TK Holdings Inc.
    Inventors: Jason Carl Lisseman, Kenneth Irving Beaty, Danielle Marie Lipson, Angela Susan Schneider, Stewart Alexander Murray
  • Airbag assembly
    Publication number: 20090033072
    Abstract: An airbag module includes a retainer, diffuser, inflatable airbag, and an inflator to inflate the airbag. The diffuser is configured to disperse inflation gas from the inflator into the inflatable airbag. The retainer and/or diffuser comprise a glass-filled polymer material. The retainer includes a projection extending from a base wall. The projection couples to a hole in the diffuser flange and prevents the diffuser from rotating relative to the retainer. The inflator is coupled to the retainer by trapping an inflator flange under an overhang in a retainer cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2008
    Publication date: February 5, 2009
    Inventors: Jason Carl Lisseman, Kenneth Irving Beaty, Danielle Marie Lipson, Angela Susan Schneider, Stewart Alexander Murray
  • Airbag module
    Publication number: 20080265550
    Abstract: An airbag module comprises an airbag cushion, a cover, an inflator to inflate the airbag cushion, a retaining ring, and an integrated one-piece retainer and diffuser component. The integrated retainer and diffuser component couples to the cover to form a space for the airbag cushion in the airbag module. The integrated retainer and diffuser component disperses inflation gas from the inflator into the airbag cushion. The integrated retainer and diffuser component comprises a glass filled plastic material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2008
    Publication date: October 30, 2008
    Inventors: Jason Carl Lisseman, Kenneth Irving Beaty, Danielle Marie Lipson, Angela Susan Schneider